Headstrong NZ

How cute are our wellbeing chatterboxes? These are completely ✨ free ✨ to download from our website- for you to use yourself, share with a friend or maybe use as a class activity! Check them out: https://www.headstrong.org.nz/downloadable-resources 😄💬

Introducing our new and improved ✨Collections!✨

We know that the first steps to improving your wellbeing can be daunting, so to make it even easier, the skills in Headstrong are now sorted by collection, meaning you can pick the topic which feels right for you and get started right away. Baby steps is all takes.

On this Rā o Ngā Hōia - Anzac Day we remember all those New Zealanders killed in war and honour those who have returned.

Our courses were made with and for rangatahi to help strengthen and empower their wellbeing 💪 Each course is unique and offers different skills and strategies.

Find out more here: https://www.headstrong.org.nz/courses

"The ethos behind Headstrong is simple: meet young people where they are with culturally-responsive, evidence-based and genuinely helpful tools to increase resilience and build the skills they will need to navigate the ups and downs of life." 💪💪

Diving Head-First Into E-Mental Health Support For Young People With Headstrong | EMHIC Headstrong is a wellbeing mobile app (and is also available on any device via a web browser). It’s a chatbot companion that supports young people (aged 12-17) in building wellbeing by teaching skills for navigating day-to-day challenges. It uses rule-based logic to converse with users to teach ski...

Looking to be a bit more mindful? Try these tips out for adding a little bit of mindfulness to your days. Headstrong has a few skills on this topic too, so head over to the app if you're keen to learn more!

Tackle stress head on with Stress Less! This course offers 21 skills for dealing with stress in different ways 🚀🌟👊

Choose a new path with Change It! Our newest course, designed to help you make positive changes around risky substances and addictive behaviours 🔍🤔

Rediscover your Hauora with Kia Haumanu - our course which offers a bilingual experience and draws on indigenous wellbeing techniques to support you 😊🌿

Happy Lunar New Year ✨

We hope you have a peaceful and prosperous year this year, in the year of the Dragon 🐉

Start your wellbeing journey with Foundations - the Headstrong course that can help you to think and feel better. 🌈🌟💪

https://www.headstrong.org.nz/

Nga mihi nui mo te Kirihimete - Wishing you a very happy Christmas from the Headstrong team! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy taking a break this festive season 🎄🎁🎶

Maybe the real gift was the friends we made along the way... 🎁💫

Research shows that developing good social connections (with our friends, whānau, and even pets) can help us live happier, healthier, and longer lives! 💝 In fact, the quality of our social ties is one of the most important predictors of overall wellbeing.

So this holiday, remember to spend plenty of time with your loved ones - it’s the gift that keeps on giving! 🎄

Navigating friendships can be hard sometimes, right? 🤝

Friendships start with shared interests and lots of laughs, but as we grow closer, differences can become more apparent...

From music tastes to punctuality, values to tidiness – differences are natural and totally OK.
It’s how we handle these differences that shape the quality of our friendships. 🤔

Being a person who can handle disagreements (think: respect, kindness, fairness, and assertiveness) helps you maintain your integrity, no matter where the friendship takes you. 💪💯

Just incase you weren’t aware ⤴️😉

Oh, and btw, we just improved our Gratitude Journal in Foundations (a course in Headstrong). Learn more about gratitude and get practicing on the app 🍀

Do you want to help shape an app that empowers youth just like you? 💪🧠

We’re committed to helping rangatahi navigate life’s challenges, but we can’t do that by relying on our 25-55 year old minds alone… 😬 We need young minds like yours!

If you’re interested, we’d love you to apply to join our Youth Advisory Group ✨✨

Click the link in our bio to apply! 📝

Can’t wait for your thoughts to directly impact the app and therefore the mental health of teens in Aotearoa!

- Headstrong team 🩵💚💜

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day. "Creating hope through action” is the triennial theme for the World Su***de Prevention Day from 2021 - 2023. This theme is a reminder that there is an alternative to su***de and aims to inspire confidence and light in all of us.

Here in Aotearoa a variety of resources and services are available at mentalhealth.org.nz/su***de-prevention. If you just want to chat through your thoughts or access some wellbeing tips you can chat with one of our virtual guides via Headstrong. If you need to talk, please call or text 1737 to chat with a trained counsellor.

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Kia Haumanu was launched during Matariki as part of the Headstrong app, which aims to help young people enhance their mental wellbeing by using proven strategies to manage stress, resolve conflict and deal with negative thoughts.

Mana-enhancing app supporting mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi A new app aims to engage rangatahi to better support their mental health.

"Adolescents can access support and advice discreetly and at any time, even outside of traditional office hours" - New Zealand Doctor

Chat with Headstrong to strengthen adolescent mental wellbeing This article looks at one of the latest apps designed specifically to support rangatahi mental health and resilience

We are excited to announce the launch of a new and revised version of Headstrong – the latest version of our innovative mental wellbeing app. With new and improved features, you can now take your mental wellbeing to the next level.

Head over to headstrong.org.nz to discover what's new!

Some insightful thoughts from our own Dr. Karolina Stasiak on the rise of mental health apps - including Headstrong NZ!

Mental health apps are popular – but they have limits

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays from the Headstrong Team. Remember to take a break to recharge for the coming year 🎄

Things around here might look a bit different – because they are! The Aroha whānau is expanding, and so our accounts are changing with it. We are now called Headstrong NZ. Headstrong is our new app, which allows rangatahi across NZ to access our tools and get support as and when it suits them. Aroha is still available via the app, alongside new content and more chatbots tools.

Developed by rangatahi with help from experts, Headstrong is a secure digital app that connects users with a virtual guide. Young people can use it to build resilience and a healthy outlook on life. Download it from the App Store or Google Play today.

https://www.headstrong.org.nz/

Headstrong Headstrong is a chatbot app developed by researchers and clinicians at the University of Auckland to help young people to build resilience and a healthy outlook on life. It is free to download from both Apple and Google app stores.

Headstrong NZ updated their website address.

Things might be extra stressful for young people right now - and it can be hard as parents and whānau to know how to support them.

Aroha is a chatbot which provides youth-friendly wellbeing support in an engaging and conversational way. Developed by researchers at the University of Auckland, she supports teens by talking them through their worries and giving them practical ideas to maintain social connections, stay calm, active and well.

Find out more or register to today 👉 tiny.cc/aroha

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